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Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part Four
We made the five-hour drive down to Francois’ place in Montigny without any further incident. It would be our first time to his new apartment, which he shared with his son Axel, after so many visits to the house that he and Heike had shared during our past journeys. With their divorce a few years […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part Three
The drive up to Amsterdam took a little under three hours, made a bit longer as we got lost a couple of times in confusing interchanges on the freeways. Our plans for the stay were to meet up with our good friend Doug Hoggatt (aka the Griz) at the Hotel Acacia in the Jordaan. Doug […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part Two
After another fine breakfast, we loaded up the BMW and began our journey west to Bruges, Belgium. On the way we made a brief stop in Birkenfield, the area my Uncle Chuck was stationed when I visited he and his family in 1977. Unable to find any locations that sparked a memory, we moved on […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part One
The year 2007 marked our 25th anniversary and plans for a celebratory return to Europe began early in the year. We set aside the last two weeks of October for the trip in order to be there on our actual anniversary date, October 30th. It would be a year of transition for us, concluding with […]
Europe 2002 – Return to Ludwig’s Way (Koning-Ludwig’s Weg), Part Three
Isn’t funny how a very long hiking experience the day before will make an 11-mile section seem short in comparison. That’s what our hike through the Ammer Gorge felt like. The going was relatively easy and an hour or so into the day, we came out of some forest and stopped at a hunters cabin […]
Europe 2002 – Return to Ludwig’s Way (Koning-Ludwig’s Weg), Part One
As the year 2002 approached and with it our 20th anniversary, Joanna and I both thought it appropriate to return to Europe much as we had done to celebrate our 10th in 1992. I had been contemplating for some time to put together the type of adventure you might see advertised in a brochure or […]
Europe 1999 – The Hunt for Starkbier, Part Two
Alex, Hap, and I drove down to Munich the next day and checked into the Hotel Bristol, just off the Sonnenstrasse near Sendlinger Tor, a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town. It served as a fortification during the Middle Ages and is one of Munich’s three remaining gothic town gates. […]
Europe 1999 – The Hunt for Starkbier, Part One
Possibly as a result of getting a new car, one perfect for cruising the interstates, we made a number of trips in the fall of 1998. One long weekend we went to Yosemite along with Irene Thomas Johnson to meet up with Norm Benson for a one-day assault on Half Dome. Getting overnight accommodations in […]
Europe 1998 – A Journey Rewarded, Part Four
The flight on Ryan Air, a pioneering company that changed how folks travel there, was uneventful. Our first on an airline within Europe; on prior trips you either drove or took the train, as intercity travel by air was very expensive. Ryan Air’s introduction of Southwest Airlines model pricing and penchant for flying in and […]
Europe 1998 – A Journey Rewarded, Part Three
We would see Lynn and Tony again back in the States more than once when they would make a trip to the west coast to visit the other members of the Kelly family. The vagaries of life do not always play out the way one expects, nor desires. Having once been included, as members of […]
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